EXCLUSIVE: Cops close in on Bill Cosby as they prepare to question woman who says he drugged and attacked her at Playboy Mansion in 2008 - within statute of limitations

  • Chloe Goins alleges the comic spiked her drink then launched a sex assault when they met at a party at Hugh Hefner's home
  • Los Angeles police have told her lawyer their investigation is 'open' and they are expected to speak to Goins
  • Development comes after court documents revealed Cosby admitted drugging a woman for sex 
  • Goins tells Daily Mail Online: 'I'm very relieved everyone now knows I've spoken the truth.'  

Detectives have contacted alleged Bill Cosby victim Chloe Goins as they renew efforts to secure a prosecution against the shamed comic, Daily Mail Online can reveal.

It comes after shocking court documents reveal that the star admitted under oath drugging a woman for sex.

In an exclusive interview with Daily Mail Online Goins, 25, has welcomed the release of the latest documents - in which Cosby confessed to obtaining Quaalades to give to young women he wanted to have sex with - and said she wants to obtain justice on behalf of all the 'predator' comedian's alleged victims.

The model, who claims Cosby spiked her drink before launching a sex attack on her at Hugh Hefner's Playboy mansion six years ago, is the only one of Cosby's accusers who can press criminal or civil claims against the Cosby Show star because she is within California's statute of limitations.

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new moves: Chloe Goins is expected to be questioned by Los Angeles police officers about her account of being drugged and sexually assaulted by Bill Cosby

new moves: Chloe Goins is expected to be questioned by Los Angeles police officers about her account of being drugged and sexually assaulted by Bill Cosby

Friendship: Bill Cosby and Hugh Hefner's association goes back decades. Goins told Daily Mail Online she went to party hosted by Hefner when he introduced her to Cosby, who then drugged her 

Friendship: Bill Cosby and Hugh Hefner's association goes back decades. Goins told Daily Mail Online she went to party hosted by Hefner when he introduced her to Cosby, who then drugged her 

She told Daily Mail Online: 'I'm so thankful that this deposition came out for me and all the other victims of this sexual predator.

'I'm very relieved that everyone now knows that I've spoken the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.

'The latest revelations hopefully now will lead to the fullest criminal prosecution of Mr Cosby for his sexual crimes against myself and all the other victims.

'The only reason I came forward was to make sure justice is done.'

Goins' lawyer Spencer Kuvin said the court documents, obtained on Monday, prove that Cosby is an 'admitted criminal' and will surely bolster his client's case.

He is confident a prosecution against Cosby, 77, is imminent and believes the case against him is 'alive and well'.

'This is a great revelation for everyone who is a victim,' he said.

'I was contacted by the police and they do want to continue and follow up with the investigation. They wanted to reassure me that the investigation was still a pending one - that it was still open.

'We're working now to get the police additional information so that they can continue on and bring charges.

'They want to talk to a number of people and it's my understanding that they would like to speak to Chloe.'

Goins came forward last year and told Daily Mail Online in an exclusive interview how she passed out at the Playboy mansion after Cosby gave her a drink - before waking up to find him licking her feet and pleasuring himself.

She is one of more than 40 women who have claimed the star drugged and sexually attacked them, although Cosby has always vehemently denied any wrongdoing and has never faced any criminal charges.

Lawyers for Goins say the newly released documents prove that Cosby has lied and he could now end up behind bars.

Kuvin, who represented four victims of the notorious billionaire pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, said: 'My guess is that the police probably knew this was going come out but it only just recently came out.

Hard times: Camille Cosby looks on as her husband speaks at a news conference last November about an art exhibit the two put on at the Smithsonian as rape allegations began pouring in. Goins is the only one not barred for prosecution by the statute of limitations

Hard times: Camille Cosby looks on as her husband speaks at a news conference last November about an art exhibit the two put on at the Smithsonian as rape allegations began pouring in. Goins is the only one not barred for prosecution by the statute of limitations

Andrea Constand
Andrea Constand

Background: The comedian was testifying under oath in a lawsuit filed by a former Temple University employee Andrea Constand (above)

'We've thought all along that the police have had further information regarding other allegations - including Chloe's - that they have been investigating but they're just not at liberty to discuss.

'So my guess is that all of this is parts to a very large puzzle in prosecuting Mr Cosby.

'I believe this is the beginning of the end for Mr Cosby - particularly in terms of his public image.'

Lap-dancer Goins was just 18 when she claims Cosby handed her a spiked alcoholic drink before luring her to a bedroom at a Playboy mansion party, before launching a depraved sexual attack on her.

The model and lapdancer, originally from San Diego, said after being introduced to Cosby he started lavishing her and a friend with attention before slipping off and bringing back two alcoholic drinks for the girls.

Speaking to Daily Mail Online when we broke the story, she said, 'I remember the drink being kind of strong but it didn't taste funny or anything like that.

'Everything kind of went a little foggy, I started feeling sick to my stomach, and just dizzy.'

At that point Hefner, realizing Goins was unwell, said she could go and lie down and rest in one of his many spare bedrooms in the plush mansion.

'Then Bill offered to show me the room, he said he knew the way. He seemed nice and I don't remember feeling nervous or that it was weird.,' Goins continued.

'He had his arm around me to show me the way and I did notice he had been paying me a little more attention than my friend, but never thought anything of it.'

It was at that point Goins blacked out - remembering nothing until she woke up completely 'butt naked' on a strange bed.

Disgrace: Cosby has become a tarnished brand since the slew of disclosures about his sexual conduct and his admission that he drugged a woman for sex, which emerged this week

Disgrace: Cosby has become a tarnished brand since the slew of disclosures about his sexual conduct and his admission that he drugged a woman for sex, which emerged this week

'I came to and remember seeing this big man crouched over me. It was Bill Cosby and he was at my feet, kind of licking and kissing them and I think he bit my toe as that's what woke me up.

'I was shocked, I said, 'hey, what's going on', he didn't really say anything, didn't explain anything or give a reason.

'He jumped up, pulled his pants back up quickly and left. He had seen that I was alert and bolted out of there, I was left in the room by myself.'

Goins said she is sure Cosby had been licking her breasts and groping her body as well.

The attack left her feeling 'embarrassed, violated and humiliated,' she said.

Goins filed a criminal report with the LAPD in January this year and the force confirmed yesterday that the investigation was 'open and active'.

If convicted of a sexual assault, Cosby could face up to 48 months in jail as well as a possible $10,000 fine.

Goins' lawyer Spencer Kuvin said his client was determined to seek justice on behalf of all the other alleged victims, despite being 'very afraid of a powerful, influential man who clearly took advantage of her in a situation.'

He added, 'Her goal right now is to see that Cosby is jailed for what he's done - not just to her but to all the other girls.'

Cosby has been hit with dozens of historic accusations of sexual assault or rape by women including Beverley Johnson, the first black supermodel.

Venue: The Playboy Mansion, where Goins says she was drugged and attacked by Cosby in 2008. She has not specified the date 

Venue: The Playboy Mansion, where Goins says she was drugged and attacked by Cosby in 2008. She has not specified the date 

Although all of the accusers describe a similar scenario - in which Cosby plied them with a laced drink or gave them pills, before attacking them - they all fell beyond the statute of limitations.

Goins is the only accuser not covered by the statute of limitations - which makes her case 'so important', according to her lawyer Kuvin.

He was also keen to correct an error he had made in misstating the date she attended the party with Cosby.

Kuvin had previously wrongly stated that Goins attended the Playboy mansion's Midsummer Night's Dream party in summer 2008.

'It's important to be clear that Chloe has never given an exact date that she was at the party,' he told Daily Mail Online.

'She was not clear on the exact date. She knows that she went to party at the mansion, she knows she was drugged and sexually abused.

'Any mention of the Midsummer Night's Dream party on my behalf was merely an assumption by me based on the public parties that were thrown at the time.

'Obviously we've since learned that Mr Hefner threw many private parties separate and apart from that highly publicized party - but she has never mentioned any exact dates.

'We now also know through sworn testimony that Cosby is an admitted criminal who obtained drugs for the purpose of giving it to women to have sex with him.

'That is an absolute and that's directly from him.

'There's a big difference between what lawyers say and the evidence is as it comes out through the witnesses and people who are victims.'

A judge this week agreed to release the files in which Cosby admitted obtaining drugs so he could have sex with young women,

Cosby, made the admission during testimony in a 2005 civil case brought by a former Temple University employee, Andrea Constand.

The case was settled in 2006 for an undisclosed sum.

The comedian's lawyers had tried to block the documents release arguing they would cause severe embarrassment to the actor.

Cosby has always vehemently denied any wrongdoing and has not faced any criminal charges.

His representative has declined to comment.

 

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